This workshop is for Oakland County Public School Educators supporting students with IEP's only.
What skills do students need to learn to be organized and successful in managing their own time and tasks in the classroom? This multidisciplinary workshop will
provide practical, hands-on strategies to develop students' executive function skills for success in school. The term "executive function" is used to describe the skill
set required for setting goals, carrying out organized steps, and modifying a plan to complete a task successfully in the classroom. Difficulty with executive function isn't
a diagnosis or learning disability on its own, but it's a common concern for students with learning and attention issues. All students benefit from instructional strategies
that foster executive function skills, however, students with traumatic brain injury, ADHD, and specific learning disabilities frequently experience difficulties with these
particular skills.
Special education teachers, general education teachers and ancillary staff will learn specially-designed instructional strategies for "Being a Beat Ahead," "Building an Internal Sweep of the Sense of Time," and "Get Ready-Do-Done." Beginners and advanced participants will learn and practice these strategies to improve students' awareness, working memory, hindsight and forethought skills, impulse control, cognitive flexibility, organization, and time/task management.
View a playlist of strategies from Sarah Ward to support executive functioning: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWALeV6C0atnaT7Em_ZbskTaN_HQWjG4D